Overseas Visitors

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many inbound tourist visits were made to England in 2007; and what the visitor spend was.

Margaret Hodge: holding answer 21 February 2008
	 Information on inbound tourism visits to England in 2007 is not available. However, the latest provisional monthly figures for inbound tourism to the UK are shown in the following table. These figures are subject to quarterly revisions in light of more accurate data on passenger figures coming available at the end of each quarter. Therefore data should be treated with caution.
	
		
			  Overseas residents visits and spend in the UK—October to December 2007( 1) 
			   2007  Percentage change on previous year 
			 Visits (millions) 7.7 2 
			 Expenditure (£ billion) 4.0 2 
			 (1 )Please note that all estimates are based on a sample survey and are therefore subject to sampling and other sources of error.  Source: International Passenger Survey 'First Release' (ONS) 
		
	
	The latest full year data on inbound visits and spend to England relates to 2006, where overseas residents made an estimated 27.6 million visits spending £13.8 billion.

Council Housing: Sales

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what central government receipts were from council house sales in  (a) St. Albans and  (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of total revenues from council house sales this represented in each area in each year.

Iain Wright: The information requested is tabled as follows.
	
		
			  £000 
			   Right to buy receipts  Set aside/pooling( 1) 
			  St. Albans   
			 1997-98 (2)— 3,643 
			 1998-99 (2)— 3,299 
			 1999-2000 (3)659 5,318 
			 2000-01 7,586 5,642 
			 2001-02 3,426 2,522 
			 2002-03 — — 
			 2003-04(4) 9,615 — 
			 2004-05 6,000 1,080 
			 2005-06 3,343 1,185 
			 2006-07 3,738 2,019 
			
			  Hertfordshire( 5)   
			 1997-98 (2)— 40,100 
			 1998-99 17,268 34,305 
			 1999-2000 43,871 60,362 
			 2000-01 60,317 30,682 
			 2001-02 50,621 54,704 
			 2002-03 63,481 36,568 
			 2003-04(4) 70,048 — 
			 2004-05 39,669 8,180 
			 2005-06 26,835 10,794 
			 2006-07 23,467 14,309 
			 '—'No data (1) The table does not provide the percentage of right to buy receipts set aside or pooled, because only the total amount of housing receipts set-aside/pooled is collected. (2) Information available only at disproportionate cost. (3) Data only available for one quarter. (4) No data on set-aside was collected for 2003-04 as a result of the transition to the pooling regime which was introduced in 2004-05. (5) For some years, the figures for Hertfordshire may actually be higher, because data may be missing from some of the authorities. 
		
	
	The table shows the total capital receipts from right to buy (RTB) sales of local authority dwellings in St. Albans and Hertfordshire. The figures for Hertfordshire are the aggregate of figures for the following 10 authorities that lie within that county: St. Albans city council, Broxbourne borough council, Dacorum borough council, East Hertfordshire district council, Hertsmere district council, North Hertfordshire district council, Stevenage borough council, Three Rivers district council, Watford borough council, and Welwyn Hatfield district council. The figures are net of discount and are as reported by local authorities.
	The table also shows the value of capital receipts set-aside from 1997-98 to 2003-04 (the last year in which the set-aside regime existed). Under the set-aside regime, with-debt local authorities (that is, authorities with outstanding major long-term loans) were required to set-aside a proportion of the capital receipt generated by the disposal of a housing revenue account (HRA) asset, for the repayment of housing debt. Debt-free authorities (that is, authorities with no outstanding major long-term loans), on the other hand, were free to use the whole of their housing receipts for any capital purpose. When set-aside exceeds RTB receipts, it is because set-aside includes a proportion of receipts from not only RTB, but also whole-stock transfers, non-RTB dwelling sales, and sales of other HRA assets such as housing land.
	From 1 April 2004 set-aside no longer applied to most housing receipts. All local authorities, both with-debt and debt-free, paid over or "pooled" the same amounts to the Secretary of State which would have formerly been set aside by with-debt authorities. Until the introduction of the pooling regime, set-aside was the mechanism that allowed a proportion of housing capital receipts to be redistributed for investment elsewhere. When an authority set aside an amount, the need for central government revenue support for that amount of borrowing through HRA subsidy disappeared, thereby enabling central to provide support for borrowing elsewhere.
	The process of pooling is currently being reviewed as part of the wider review of housing finance.

Housing: Low Incomes

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Housing Corporation plans to produce an assessment methodology for determining the impact of affordable housing investment decisions on community cohesion; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: As set out in the our response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, published on 4 February, the Housing Corporation within their Affordable Housing Programme requires all Investment Partners to provide a 'Method Statement' that details how they intend to meet the needs of diverse communities.
	The Corporation will be doing further work later this year on an assessment methodology for determining the impact of affordable housing investment decisions on community cohesion.

Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the  (a) percentage increase and  (b) cash change in (i) housing management allowance, (ii) housing maintenance allowance and (iii) major works allowance subsidies for local authorities in England was in each year since 1997.

Iain Wright: The percentage and cash changes to the management allowance, maintenance allowance and major repairs allowance are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Management cash change  (£)  Management cash change  (£)  MRS cash change  (£)  Management change  Management change (%)  MRA change (%) 
			 2000-01 6.52 21.67 (1)— 1.8 3.5 (1)— 
			 2001-02 0.51 23.80 (1)— 0.1 3.7 (1)— 
			 2002-03 30.34 42.63 13.66 8.4 6.4 2.5 
			 2003-04 35.61 44.20 13.18 9.1 6.2 2.3 
			 2004-05 49.39 83.54 15.06 11.6 11.0 2.6 
			 2005-06 53.44 91.77 21.64 11.2 10.9 3.6 
			 2006-07 50.15 87.83 16.07 9.5 9.4 2.6 
			 2007-08 21.95 38.58 17.86 3.8 3.8 2.8 
			 2008-09 25.49 34.73 18.52 4.2 3.3 2.8 
			 (1) Major repairs allowance introduced in 2001-2002.  Note: Data pre-2000-2001 is only available at disproportionate cost. 
		
	
	Figures in the table are based on stock weighted average allowances for England. Certain factors used in the calculation of allowances are updated every year. For instance, the costs of building labour varies regionally and this variation can fluctuate from year to year. This means that the allowances for management, maintenance and the MRA can have regional variations in them from year to year. These variations redistribute the management, maintenance and MRA pot within the allowances, rather than adding extra allowance.

Nature Conservation: Canvey Island

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received from  (a) English Nature,  (b) Bugs Life and  (c) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on the impact of the development of wetlands and sites of special scientific interest on the west of Canvey Island; and if he will make a statement.

Joan Ruddock: No representations have been received from Natural England (English Nature's successor), Buglife, or the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on the impact of the development of wetlands and Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the west of Canvey Island.

Seroxat

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2008,  Official Report, column 1215W, on Seroxat, if he will issue new guidance on prescribing Seroxat.

Dawn Primarolo: ( )Guidance on how to use paroxetine (brand name Seroxat) safely and effectively along with( )information on potential adverse effects is provided in the product information for( )prescribers (the summary of product characteristics) and in the patient information leaflet( )(PIL) which accompanies the medicine. These documents are authorised by the Medicines( )and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) at the time of licensing and updated( )through the life of the product as new information on potential adverse effects and benefits( )emerges.
	The Committee on Safety of Medicines Expert Working Group on the safety of selective( )serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) has undertaken a comprehensive review of the safety( )of this entire class of drugs, including paroxetine. This review examined all available( )evidence. In December 2004 the Expert Working Group published its conclusions including( )that the balance of risks and benefits of all SSRIs in adults remained positive in their( )licensed indications. This is consistent with the view of the regulatory authorities in Europe( )and the United States that benefits of SSRIs outweigh the risk of adverse drug reactions and( )that they are effective treatment for depressive illness and anxiety disorders.
	The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on the( )management of depression in primary and secondary care in December 2004. NICE is in the( )process of updating this clinical guideline with updated guidance expected in June 2009.( )NICE also published a clinical guideline on the identification and management of depression( )in children and young people in September 2005.
	Since the completion of the review by the Government's Expert Working Group on the( )safety of SSRIs and publication of its findings, updated prescribing advice has been issued( )in relation to Seroxat as new information has become available.

Biofuels

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research her Department has recently commissioned on the impacts of biofuels.

Jim Fitzpatrick: In recent years, the Department for Transport (DfT) has commissioned various pieces of biofuel-related research. The principal projects are listed in the following table, and the results are for the most part available via the DfT's website.
	
		
			   Title of research 
			 2002 Ethanol emissions testing 
			 2003 International resource costs of biodiesel and bioethanol 
			 2003 Emissions performance of vegetable oil fuel 
			 2003 Liquid Biofuels and Renewable Hydrogen to 2050: an assessment of the implications of achieving ultra-low carbon road transport 
			 2005 RTFO feasibility study (including a study of how best to manage the sustainability impacts of biofuels) 
			 2006-07 Preparation of detailed carbon and sustainability reporting guidance for transport fuel suppliers (including development of reporting methodology and carbon calculation tool) 
			 2008 The economic and environmental impacts of Government support for biodiesel produced from tallow 
		
	
	The Department has also part-funded and participated in a number of other biofuel-related research projects, over the same period, including for example a number of projects led by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. Other Government Departments including the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform have also commissioned various pieces of research into the impacts of biofuels. Most recently, for example, DEFRA has commissioned a review of work on the environmental sustainability of international biofuels production and use, which is due to report shortly.
	The Department for Transport has recently invited the Renewable Fuels Agency to lead a review of the evidence around the impacts of biofuel production, particularly the indirect effects. Initial analysis is due to be available by early summer.

Departmental Private Finance Initiative

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the  (a) value and  (b) start date was of each private finance initiative project approved by her Department in each of the last three financial years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The capital value and start date for every signed PFI project are recorded centrally on the Treasury website at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private_partnerships/ppp_pfi_stats.cfm
	Treasury's information was last updated in October 2007. Norfolk county council's street lighting project subsequently reached financial close in November 2007. The following table summarises the relevant information from Treasury's website with the addition of the Norfolk street lighting project:
	
		
			  Financial year (1 April to 31 March each year)  Commissioning body  Project name  Date of financial close (mm/yyyy)  Total capital value (£ million) 
			 2005-06 Transport for London DLR Woolwich Extension May 2005 177.00 
			  London Borough of Ealing Street Lighting July 2005 31.92 
			  Highways Agency NRTS September 2005 287.40 
			  London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth Street Lighting November 2005 17.22 
			  South Tyneside MBC Street Lighting December 2005 31.50 
			  Highways Agency A1 (M) Alconbury to Peterborough February 2006 128.00 
			  London Borough of Enfield Street Lighting March 2006 23.70 
			  London Borough of Barnet Barnet Lighting Services March 2006 27.77 
			  
			 2006-07 Leeds City Council Street Lighting April 2006 94.60 
			  Dorset County Council Dorset Street Lighting October 2006 43.07 
			  
			 2007-08 Derby City Council Derby Street Lighting PFI April 2007 38.43 
			  Norfolk Street Lighting PFI November 2007 41.58 
			  Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Street Lighting PFI August 2007 20.89

Departmental Retirement

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what correspondence has been received from the trade unions representing staff in her Department on partial retirement; when her Department replied to this letter; and when her Department's management will meet the unions to discuss partial retirement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Trade unions initially wrote to the Human Resources Department in the centre Department about partial retirement on 3 December 2007. The centre Department responded to trade unions by e-mail on 12 February 2008 and wrote again on 28 February, following finalisation of the partial retirement policy and guidance by civil service pensions in mid-February. At present, there have been no meetings between trade unions and management in the centre Department. In the Department's agencies, the Highways Agency met with trade unions on 12 February and a meeting is planned for mid-March in Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Discussions in other agencies will happen as partial retirement processes are developed.

Departmental Translation Services

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what documents her Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The DFT and its Executive Agencies have translated the following documents:
	
		
			  DF T (Central) or Executive Agency  Title  Language/s 
			 DFT (Central) South West Airports Consultation (2003) Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) South East Airports Consultation (2003) Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Air Transport White Paper Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Consultation on Transport Energy Clean Vehicle Programme Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Consultation on Adding Capacity at London Heathrow Airport: summary and exhibition material Punjabi, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish 
			 DFT (Central) Get Across Road Safety Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Turkish 
			 DFT (Central) DFT business cards various 
			 DFT (Central) Transport Matters (2005) Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Cleaner Motoring Leaflet - Drive Clean, Drive Cheaper Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Teach Road Safety (for parents) Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Consultation on Graduated Fixed Penalty and Deposit Scheme and Enforcement of Drivers Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Disability Equality Scheme Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Transport and Works Act Orders Brief Guide Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Urban Green Transport consultation paper Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency South East Pilot Polish, French, German, Spanish. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Side Swipe materials Polish, French, German, Spanish. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Vehicle Identity Check Scheme English, Welsh, Urdu, Polish, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Arabic. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency MOT Certificate Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Supported/related MOT documentation Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency MOT 'Stuffers' and leaflets Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Flexible Bus registration applications and supplementary forms Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Application to change or cancel details of a local service registration Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Local Service bus registration. Welsh drivers public inquiry call up letters Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Frequently asked questions about flexible bus registrations Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Traffic regulation conditions Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle Certification Agency Fuel Consumption booklet Welsh 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Driving in GB as a visitor or a new resident. Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Vehicle Excise Duty Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Licensing and Registering your vehicle using a V55/4 or V55/5 issues in place of V959 Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Used Vehicle Imported into G.B. from a Non-European Member State Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, 
			 DFT (Central) Disability Equality Scheme Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Transport and Works Act Orders Brief Guide Welsh 
			 DFT (Central) Urban Green Transport consultation paper Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency South East Pilot Polish, French, German, Spanish. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Side Swipe materials Polish, French, German, Spanish. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Vehicle Identity Check Scheme English, Welsh, Urdu, Polish, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Arabic. 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency MOT Certificate Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Supported/related MOT documentation Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency MOT 'Stuffers' and leaflets Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Flexible Bus registration applications and supplementary forms Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Application to change or cancel details of a local service registration Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Local Service bus registration. Welsh drivers public inquiry call up letters Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Frequently asked questions about flexible bus registrations Welsh 
			 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency Traffic regulation conditions Welsh (Bilingual) 
			 Vehicle Certification Agency Fuel Consumption booklet Welsh 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Driving in GB as a visitor or a new resident. Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Vehicle Excise Duty Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Licensing and Registering your vehicle using a V55/4 or V55/5 issues in place of V959 Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Used Vehicle Imported into G.B. from a Non-European Member State Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency How to Import your vehicle into G.B. Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Taking a vehicle out of the country Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Classical Chinese, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. 
			 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Clamping down on vehicle tax evasion Polish 
			 Highways Agency Regional quarterly journey planning leaflets French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish 
			 Driving Standards Agency Theory test pass or fail certificate Welsh 
			 Driving Standards Agency Postal application form for a practical driving test Welsh 
			 Driving Standards Agency Driving test appointment letter Welsh 
			 Driving Standards Agency Letter apologising for the cancellation of the practical driving test due to bad weather Welsh 
			 Driving Standards Agency Practical test pass certificate Welsh 
			 Driving Standards Agency Driving test report form, including a copy for issue to candidates after the test Welsh 
			 Maritime and Coastguard Agency "Stay SAFE at the seaside" -dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard Welsh 
		
	
	In addition to the above forms available to people who do not speak English, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency makes available in Welsh, all forms and documents for persons residing in Wales.
	The Highways Agency also offers a translation service on request for all its published documents. Details of the service are provided in each publication. During 2007-08 there were no foreign language requests.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how many attacks were made on British forces in Southern Afghanistan in  (a) May 2006,  (b) June 2006,  (c) July 2006,  (d) August 2006 and  (e) September 2006, with reference to the answer of 8 October 2007,  Official Report, column 62W, on Afghanistan peacekeeping operations;
	(2)  how many attacks have been made on British forces in Afghanistan in each month since October 2006.

Des Browne: The following tables shows the number of attacks (direct or using mines/improvised explosive devices) instigated by enemy forces on ISAF forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in each of the months requested. It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, separately to identify attacks directed exclusively at British forces given the multinational nature of forces operating in Helmand Province.
	
		
			   Number of  a ttacks 
			  2006  
			 May 3 
			 June 18 
			 July 133 
			 August 141 
			 September 150 
			 October 49 
			 November 32 
			 December 53 
			   
			  2007  
			 January 65 
			 February 92 
			 March 149 
			 April 82 
			 May 132 
			 June 120 
			 July 125 
			 August 131 
			 September 125 
			 October 108 
			 November 132 
			 December 151 
			   
			  2008  
			 January 71 
		
	
	This data is based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operation environment.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contacts were recorded between British forces and insurgents in Southern Afghanistan in each month since May 2006, with reference to the answer of 8 October 2007,  Official Report, column 61-2W, on Afghanistan peacekeeping operations.

Des Browne: The number of direct engagements (regardless of the instigator or the means of instigating the incident) between ISAF forces and insurgents in Helmand Province per month since May 2006 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Number of contacts 
			  2006  
			 May 4 
			 June 18 
			 July 140 
			 August 180 
			 September 177 
			 October 77 
			 November 48 
			 December 64 
			   
			  2007  
			 January 110 
			 February 156 
			 March 260 
			 April 178 
			 May 208 
			 June 178 
			 July 189 
			 August 170 
			   
			 September 197 
			 October 149 
			 November 161 
			 December 202 
			   
			  2008  
			 January 106 
		
	
	It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, separately to identify attacks exclusively involving British forces given the multinational nature of forces operating in Helmand Province.
	This data is based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operation environment.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) suicide bombings and  (b) improvised explosive device attacks were recorded against (i) (A) NATO and (B) British forces and (ii) Afghan civilians in each month since May 2006 in Afghanistan.

Des Browne: It is not possible further to break down these statistics in the way requested as in some instances it is not possible to determine against whom a particular attack was targeted.
	The numbers of suicide attacks recorded in Afghanistan are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Number of suicide attacks 
			  2006  
			 May 6 
			 June 3 
			 July 8 
			 August 13 
			 September 19 
			 October 13 
			 November 13 
			 December 9 
			   
			  2007  
			 January 12 
			 February 8 
			 March 14 
			 April 13 
			 May 15 
			 June 12 
			 July 22 
			 August 11 
			 September 12 
			 October 11 
			 November 4 
			 December 8 
		
	
	I am withholding details of the number of improvised explosive attacks as the information would or would be likely, to prejudice the capability, effectiveness and capability of the armed forces.
	This data is based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operation environment.

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department's order for Ridgeback vehicles will be placed.

Bob Ainsworth: The preferred RIDGBACK vehicle has been identified. Commercial negotiations are continuing and we will make further announcements in due course.

Departmental Data Protection

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to protect the security of personal data held by his Department, with particular reference to interference by militant extremists; and if he will make a statement.

Bob Ainsworth: The Ministry of Defence regulations require that personal data is protected in accordance with legal statute and the Government's own internal security guidance. The Ministry of Defence is fully engaged in the Cabinet Office led Data Handling Review and we have confirmed to Robert Hannigan's team our committed to meeting the implementation dates he has set. In addition, I have also invited Sir Edmund Burton, Chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council, to examine the adequacy of the measures taken to protect personal data held by the MOD. Depending on his findings, I will consider what further measures may be required.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to provide free Wi-Fi for front-line troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bob Ainsworth: It is not possible at this time to provide a date of when free WiFi will be provided to personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, it is my intention to inform the House on progress soon.

Taliban

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of who and what the Taleban are.

Des Browne: The Taliban remains a collection of predominantly Pushtun groups and individuals, motivated by a number of different factors, including extreme ideologies, tribal sympathies and personal ambitions.

Fairtrade Initiative

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to promote Fair Trade Fortnight 2008 among staff within his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Meg Munn: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is promoting Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 among staff within the Department by featuring the Fairtrade website as the FCO intranet's "website of the week" and drawing attention to Fairtrade Fortnight.

Homosexuality

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government has taken with its international counterparts to end the criminalisation of homosexuality in other countries.

Meg Munn: The Government have adopted an international policy of prioritising work on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights where there is complete illegality, or there are moves to introduce criminalisation, and seek ways to lobby for decriminalisation.
	My right hon. Friend the then Minister for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs (Mr. Ian McCartney) and I, as the then Deputy Minister for Women and Equality, issued a joint statement pledging our support for worldwide protests against homophobia planned to mark the International Day against Homophobia on 17 May 2007.
	The UK has long been at the forefront of encouraging the EU to speak out in favour of promoting and protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. At the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in September 2007, the EU delivered a speech that condemned the fact that relationships between adults of the same sex are criminal in two participating states, namely Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
	In the past year we have also lobbied in support of the UN-Economic and Social Council continuing to grant consultative status to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender non-governmental organisations. We also lobbied to persuade Rwanda not to criminalise same sex acts in the revised penal code, and Nigeria not to outlaw advocacy in favour of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
	My noble Friend the Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, the right hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, intends to raise this issue when he visits the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
	We also raise this issue bilaterally. For example, our high commissioner in Singapore went to see Singapore's Attorney General on 26 October 2007 about various human rights issues, including the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Departmental Recruitment

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy.

Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given on 3 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2207W, by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson).

Departmental Telephone Services

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which agencies under his Department's responsibilities use the  (a) 0845 and  (b) 0870 telephone codes for customer enquiries; how many 0845 and 0870 telephone codes each agency uses; and how much revenue was generated for each of these codes by each agency in each of the last five years.

Anne McGuire: None of my Department's agencies use 0870 numbers for customer inquiries. Information on the use of 0845 numbers is in the table:
	
		
			  Agency  0845 numbers in use 
			 Child Support Agency 11,500 
			 Jobcentre Plus 198 
			 The Pension Service 26 
			 Disability and Carers Service 6 
		
	
	In addition, although not formally an agency, the Department's debt management service uses nineteen 0845 numbers.
	The high number of lines in the CSA reflects a one time business model which gave each agent a direct dial number that clients could use to contact a specific person. The facility still exists but its use is minimal since the agency adopted an advanced telephony model with an area based single number for clients, which routes calls to the person best equipped to answer the query.
	The Department received a rebate of £1,463,738.45 for the period covering 1 October 2005 to 30 November 2007 and this was used to pay for other telecommunication services. No information is available for any earlier period and no breakdown of this figure is available. The Department ceased this arrangement on 14 December 2007 and no longer receives any rebate. This change in arrangement does not affect the charge a customer pays for contacting the Department.

Departmental Translation Services

Roger Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of his Department's translation and interpreting work is outsourced through framework agreements with commercial providers; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: Under the Race Relations Amendment Act (2000) and the Disability Discrimination Act (1995), the Department has a responsibility to make appropriate provision to communicate with customers who do not speak English or Welsh, or who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, or who provide the Department, at our request, legal or official documents written in a foreign language.
	The Department for Work and Pensions provides a national range of translation and interpreting services across all of its agencies that include, but are not limited to, the following:
	Use of multi-lingual staff, who are willing and able to interpret or to undertake an interview in a foreign language
	Face-to-face individual interpreters and signers for local office customers
	English to Welsh translation for documentation which is partly done by the small in-house Welsh Language Unit and the remainder by external providers
	Ethnic Translation Services of a large number of written documents in a wide range of languages
	Written English and Welsh to Braille translation and Braille to English and Welsh translation
	Formatting of printed documents into easy-read format
	Telephone interpreting service (multi-lingual)
	In order to deliver these services on a national basis the Department for Work and Pensions has established a number of framework agreements via full open tender processes with a number of external providers.
	All of the above services are outsourced except for a small number of multi-lingual staff who offer their services on an as required basis within their local office.

Pensions: Luton

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  how many pensioners have received pension credit in Luton South constituency since its introduction;
	(2)  what the average value of pension credit paid in Luton South constituency has been since introduction.

Mike O'Brien: The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Household recipients and average weekly amounts of pension credit for Luton South parliamentary constituency 
			   Household recipients  Average weekly amounts of pension credit (£) 
			 November 2003 3,390 56.32 
			 May 2004 4,030 52.91 
			 May 2005 4,260 54.12 
			 May 2006 4,330 56.29 
			 May 2007 4,330 59.73 
			  Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest penny. 3. Pension credit was introduced in October 2003 so data for 2003 is as at November. 4. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.  Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data

Pensions: Luton

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average value of pension paid to pensioners was in Luton in each year since 1997; and what the average change was in such value in each year.

Mike O'Brien: Such information as is readily available is in the following table:
	
		
			  £ 
			   Luton, South parliamentary constituency 
			   Average weekly amount of state pension  Change in weekly average amount 
			 September 1999 69.08 — 
			 September 2000 70.25 1.17 
			 September 2001 75.95 5.70 
			
			 May 2002 78.60 — 
			 May 2003 81.39 2.79 
			 May 2004 84.46 3.07 
			 May 2005 87.65 3.19 
			 May 2006 91.00 3.35 
			 May 2007 95.22 4.22 
			  Notes: 1. 1999-2001 numbers are based on a five per cent sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 2. The change in average has not been calculated between 2001 and 2002 as sample data is not available at May. 3. Parliamentary constituency breakdowns are not readily available before September 1999. 4. Figures are rounded to the nearest penny. 5. State pension includes basic state pension, additional pension and graduated retirement benefit.  Source:  1999-2001, 5 per cent. sample, DWP Information Directorate. 2002-07, 100 per cent. DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Telephone Services

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average call waiting time has been for customer call centres in his Department in the last 12 months, broken down by contact number and region.

Anne McGuire: The information available is provided in the following tables. All figures are in seconds unless otherwise stated.
	
		
			  Centre/region  Contact number  Business area  December 2006  January 2007  February 2007  March 2007  April 2007  May 2007 
			 Debt Centre Salford/Trafford(1) 08456003334 Off Benefit 28 35 28 30 39 24 
			  08456003335 Enforcement 17 13 22 12 11 21 
			  08456024201 Off Benefit (SF)( 1) — — — — 13 14 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Liverpool(3) 08457133133 — 6 9 10 10 9 10 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Birkenhead 08456090062 — 16 23 26 26 25 24 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Dudley 08456090062 — 21 22 21 21 23 18 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Belfast 08456090092 — 26 37 25 26 29 25 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Falkirk 08456090042 — 19 25 21 22 22 21 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Plymouth 08456090072 — 25 35 27 25 24 25 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Hastings 08456090052 — 27 32 27 22 23 22 
			  
			 Benefit inquiry Line Preston(4) 0800882200 Main Line 15 44 46 36 48 45 
			  0800243355 Textphone 9 10 8 6 9 9 
			  0800441144 Forms Completion 14 31 56 56 50 41 
			  
			 DLA/AA Helpline Blackpool(4) 08457123456 Change of Circs Menu option 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 
			  08457123456 New Claim Pack Menu option 2 — — 18 12 12 11 
			  08457123456 Decision Making and Appeals Menu option 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 
			  08457123456 General Inquiries Menu option hold 106 118 122 126 148 143 
			  08457224433 Textphone 6 7 6 6 6 7 
			  08456020194 District Office 16 16 16 16 16 16 
			  08456020197 Motability 24 25 24 24 22 22 
			  08453001403 3(rd) Party Text 5 5 6 5 7 13 
			  08459000121 3(rd) Party 21 22 22 22 24 26 
			  
			 The Pension Service Bath 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 6 10 19 19 21 15 
			  
			 The Pension Service Birmingham 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 16 20 19 18 20 18 
			  
			 The Pension Service Burnley 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 29 30 30 38 43 — 
			  08453001084 State Pension 1 2 2 57 86 75 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 1 2 2 59 101 84 
			  
			 The Pension Service Cwmbran 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 9 12 16 16 24 45 
			  08453001084 State Pension 4 19 26 30 26 41 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 3 10 15 20 25 38 
			  
			 The Pension Service Dundee 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 31 50 73 35 90 118 
			  08453001084 State Pension 59 30 80 33 34 54 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 30 22 88 45 33 48 
			  
			 The Pension Service Leicester 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 16 17 17 16 20 23 
			  08453001084 State Pension 12 8 6 12 65 40 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 7 11 7 12 77 68 
			  
			 NPC (Newcastle) 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 4 32 29 60 133 100 
			  08453001084 State Pension 19 26 58 60 38 36 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 39 40 50 56 41 34 
			  
			 The Pension Service Motherwell 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 15 18 17 19 13 12 
			  08453001084 State Pension 22 30 46 48 45 35 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 8 13 33 47 31 22 
			  
			 The Pension Service Seaham 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 18 15 9 20 15 16 
			  08453001084 State Pension 14 28 69 108 93 90 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 13 22 61 148 91 87 
			  
			 The Pension Service Stockport 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 32 52 55 102 173 158 
			  08453001084 State Pension 4 13 22 29 32 69 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 3 13 21 27 24 60 
			  
			 The Pension Service Swansea 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 12 27 24 24 38 58 
			  08453001084 State Pension 8 30 70 56 27 63 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 49 50 39 37 20 47 
			  
			 The Pension Service Warrington 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 19 34 79 128 98 36 
			  08453001084 State Pension 14 14 16 41 31 25 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 11 12 15 24 9 27 
		
	
	
		
			  Centre/region  Contact number  Business area  June 2007  July 2007  August 2007  September 2007  October 2007  November 2007 
			 Debt Centre Salford/Trafford(1) 08456003334 Off Benefit 14 16 16 (2)64 23 19 
			  08456003335 Enforcement 14 20 25 (2)44 30 13 
			  08456024201 Off Benefit (SF)( 1) 10 10 15 18 16 15 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Liverpool(3) 08457133133 — 14 16 13 13 13 12 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Birkenhead 08456090062 — 29 27 27 22 22 22 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Dudley 08456090062 — 21 22 21 19 20 20 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Belfast 08456090092 — 22 27 19 17 18 20 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Falkirk 08456090042 — 26 24 24 22 21 24 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Plymouth 08456090072 — 35 37 22 20 19 20 
			  
			 Child Support Agency Hastings 08456090052 — 24 24 23 21 21 22 
			  
			 Benefit inquiry Line Preston(4) 0800882200 Main Line 36 44 53 45 38 32 
			  0800243355 Textphone 8 9 10 10 11 11 
			  0800441144 Forms Completion 47 46 67 45 53 42 
			  
			 DLA/AA Helpline Blackpool(4) 08457123456 Change of Circs Menu option 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 
			  08457123456 New Claim Pack Menu option 2 11 12 13 14 10 11 
			  08457123456 Decision Making and Appeals Menu option 3 5 5 5 6 4 5 
			  08457123456 General Inquiries Menu option hold 143 151 168 167 138 151 
			  08457224433 Textphone 6 7 5 6 7 5 
			  08456020194 District Office 16 16 16 16 16 16 
			  08456020197 Motability 23 25 24 25 28 27 
			  08453001403 3(rd) Party Text 13 12 5 L5 6 4 
			  08459000121 3(rd) Party 24 23 23 23 22 22 
			  
			 The Pension Service Bath 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 10 10 5 6 11 11 
			  
			 The Pension Service Birmingham 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 17 24 21 21 15 15 
			  
			 The Pension Service Burnley 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 35 47 48 25 28 24 
			  08453001084 State Pension 132 41 39 49 41 36 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 96 42 41 41 40 30 
			  
			 The Pension Service Cwmbran 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 37 57 40 32 29 20 
			  08453001084 State Pension 43 27 23 27 27 23 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 34 26 34 37 29 19 
			  
			 The Pension Service Dundee 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 144 270 221 23 25 25 
			  08453001084 State Pension 101 130 32 31 30 24 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 87 137 33 23 20 16 
			  
			 The Pension Service Leicester 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 23 30 34 51 27 26 
			  08453001084 State Pension 337 463 80 41 44 106 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 282 401 133 48 53 1 
			  
			 NPC (Newcastle) 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 38 69 84 74 53 77 
			  08453001084 State Pension 82 55 40 40 26 29 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 60 47 41 32 24 31 
			  
			 The Pension Service Motherwell 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 15 21 54 57 33 27 
			  08453001084 State Pension 89 43 58 36 30 38 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 55 40 66 36 25 32 
			  
			 The Pension Service Seaham 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 8 9 12 14 14 12 
			  08453001084 State Pension 190 87 70 59 27 30 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 178 77 61 41 24 23 
			  
			 The Pension Service Stockport 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 186 156 103 120 62 35 
			  08453001084 State Pension 125 125 125 123 58 39 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 73 87 103 86 3 20 
			  
			 The Pension Service Swansea 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 60 99 120 77 32 36 
			  08453001084 State Pension 125 38 77 69 42 82 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 93 85 133 90 48 99 
			  
			 The Pension Service Warrington 08456060265 Change of Circumstances 24 45 65 174 83 37 
			  08453001084 State Pension 81 20 17 37 41 50 
			  0800991234 Pension Credit 39 53 46 56 53 41 
			 (1) Debt Centre Salford became Debt Centre Trafford from April 2007. Debt Management Trafford took responsibility for recovery of social fund loans from those no longer in receipt of benefit (Off Benefit SF). (2) System failure impacted wait times. (3) Deals exclusively with all of the Agency's old scheme (prior to March 2003) related calls. (4) Figures are for average speed to answer a call. This measure is the same as average call waiting time as both represents the average amount of time callers had to wait before the call was answered. 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage 
			  Centre/region  Contact number  Business area  November 2006  December 2006  January 2007  February 2007  March 2007  April 2007 
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 1(1, 2) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 91.4 92.2 83.1 75.00 84.9 76.6 
			  08000556688 First Contact 76.9 86.7 81.5 88.6 95.1 90.7 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 97.5 94.7 91.7 88.3 91.1 69.9 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 93.8 96.7 84.7 81.4 89.8 84.8 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline 95.0 89.0 89.7 90.1 92.6 88.7 
			   Crisis Loan — — — — — — 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 2(3) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 92.4 96.1 89.1 75.9 84.6 77.4 
			  08000556688 First Contact 78.3 86.5 81.8 82.6 85.2 87.5 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 98.5 96.2 93.8 86.2 95.0 85.3 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 92.1 96.7 87.8 85.3 89.5 84.6 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan — — — — — — 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 3(4) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 84.8 91.7 77.6 77.7 80.4 84.2 
			  08000556688 First Contact 79.5 87.0 84.3 85.1 88.2 86.3 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct — — — — — — 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations — — — — — — 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan — — — — — — 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 4(5) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 89.6 90.6 82.3 75.4 82.4 81.1 
			  08000556688 First Contact 80.6 88.6 80.5 81.9 87.6 84.3 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 97.6 95.3 92.9 88.6 92.4 80.8 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 95.9 97.4 88.9 84.0 90.1 84.0 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan — — — — — — 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage 
			  Centre/region  Contact number  Business area  May2007  June 2007  July 2007  August 2007  September 2007  October 2007 
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 1(1, 2) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 81.8 75.7 83.6 86.6 74.0 86.7 
			  08000556688 First Contact 93.6 85.8 76.7 75.3 81.2 79.4 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 82.0 91.7 93.2 86.5 76.0 82.8 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 85.2 88.7 91.0 86.5 66.7 75.7 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline 93.8 94.5 97.3 96.8 92.2 93.7 
			   Crisis Loan — 8.6 12.0 29.6 68.0 63.5 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — 94.3 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 2(3) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 83.4 78.9 83.0 85.2 76.2 85.7 
			  08000556688 First Contact 85.8 77.4 82.5 80.7 78.9 79.6 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 86.5 91.0 92.7 88.9 79.5 81.5 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 85.0 87.6 90.8 84.7 63.9 75.8 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan — 5.5 21.8 49.2 61.1 59.9 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — 91.2 95.3 — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 3(4) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 85.6 82.8 80.1 87.5 78.0 84.8 
			  08000556688 First Contact 84.7 76.3 71.2 75.2 79.3 90.9 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct — — — — — — 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations — — — — — — 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan 55.7 48.6 38.5 34.8 60.5 — 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — — — — — 
			  
			 Jobcentre Plus Group 4(5) 08456060234 Jobseeker Direct 80.8 67.3 76.3 75.8 72.8 85.0 
			  08000556688 First Contact 85.7 83.6 77.2 69.0 79.6 86.5 
			  08456012001 Employer Direct 82.4 89.8 93.6 88.5 78.2 86.0 
			  08456000043 Nino Allocations 85.0 89.7 91.2 89.2 74.4 79.0 
			  080085440 National Benefit Fraud Hotline — — — — — — 
			   Crisis Loan 55.7 — — 62.1 70.6 68.5 
			  Benefit Delivery Centres Crisis Loan Decision Making — — — — — — 
			  08456008192 IB LP Campaign — — — — — — 
			  08456004271 DWP Postal Line — — 97.2 85.6 — — 
			 (1) Jobcentre Plus Contact Centres do not collate average call waiting or average speed of answer times. The data provided relates to the Service Level Agreement in place to answer 80 per cent. of calls within 30 seconds; up to September 2007, this was to answer 80 per cent. of calls within 20 seconds. (2) Sites within Group 1 are Grimsby, Halifax, Lowestoft, Grimsby Employer Direct and Southend. (3) Sites within Group 2 are Blackburn, Bootle, Paisley, Garston, Liverpool and Clydebank. (4) Sites within Group 3 are Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Dundee, Blackpool and Poole. (5) Sites within Group 4 are Bangor, Bridgend, Pembroke Dock, Taunton, Torquay, Caerphilly and Exeter.

Departmental Impact Assessments

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many regulatory impact assessments his Department has conducted in the last 12 months.

Maria Eagle: Information on the final regulatory impact assessments published between 1 January and 30 June 2007 can be found in Command Paper 7297 available at:
	http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm72/7297/7297.pdf
	For the period covered by the Command Paper, the department published seventeen impact assessments. You will find these under the entry for the former Department for Constitutional Affairs. Departments are in the process of identifying the final impact assessments published between 1 July and 31 December 2007. From April 2008, all final impact assessment will be published on a central website.
	I have included in my answer a table of the final impact assessments published in the Command Paper, and for completeness the partial impact assessments published by this Department since its creation on 9 May 2007. This does include both regulatory impact assessments and impact assessments developed initially by the Department for Constitutional Affairs but which the Ministry of Justice has carried forward.
	
		
			  Regulatory impact assessments  Web address  Dated published: 
			  Final Impact Assessments published in Command Paper 7297   
			 Local Land Charge Fees: Guidance for registering authorities on setting fees for local land charge services in England http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/land_fees/response2506.pdf January 2007 
			 Increasing penalties for deliberate and wilful misuse of personal data http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/misuse_data/Regulatory-Impact-Assessment.pdf February 2007 
			 Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Overarching RIA http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Youth Rehabilitation Orders http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Sentencing and Appeals Provisions http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Modification of power to make Referral Order http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Access by Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) records http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Youth Conditional Caution http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Extension of powers of CPS designated caseworkers http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Criminal Legal Aid http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-1.pdf June 2007 
			 Miscarriages of Justice compensation http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Extreme pornographic material http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Prostitution http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Premises Closure Orders http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Statutory one year review of juvenile Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Special Immigration Status http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			 Violent Offender Orders http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/regulatory-impact-assess-2.pdf June 2007 
			  Partial Impact Assessments published with consultation papers   
			 Regulation of Enforcement Agents http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp0207.htm 30 January 2007 
			 Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2007 http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp2806.htm 29 March 2007 
			 Part 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules: Fast Track Trial Costs http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp0607.htm 3 April 2007 
			 Cost Recovery in Pro Bono Assisted Cases. Proposals for Primary Legislation http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp0707.htm 16 April 2007 
			 Case Tracks Limits and the Claims Process for Personal Injury Claims http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cp0807.pdf 20 April 2007 
			 Wrongful Death and Bereavement Damages http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/damages/cp0907.pdf 4 May 2007 
			 Psychiatric Illness http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/damages/cp0907.pdf 4 May 2007 
			 Accommodation Expenses and Gratuitous Care http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/damages/cp0907.pdf 4 May 2007 
			 Confidence and Confidentiality: Openness in Family Courts a new approach. http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/consult-family-courts.pdf 20 June 2007 
			 Cremation Regulations Consolidation and Modernisation http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp1107.htm 16 July 2007 
			 Conditional Fee Agreements in Publication Proceedings: Success Fees and After the Event Insurance http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp1607.htm 9 August 2007 
			 Criminal Defence Service: Recovery of Defence Costs Orders http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp2007.htm 30 August 2007 
			 The Debt Claim Process: Helping people in debt to engage with the problem, http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp2207.htm 5 September 2007 
			 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice and Regulations http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp2307.htm 10 September(1) 
			 Quality Assurance for Advocates http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp1307.htm 17 September 2007 
			 Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 -Relevant Third Party http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp3107.htm 12 December 2007 
			 Public Law Family Fees http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp3207.htm 19 December 2007 
			 Local Authority Charges for Property Search Services http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/lacpssl80108.htm 18 January 2008(2) 
			  Published alongside Ministry of Justice legislation   
			 The Legal Services Act http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/RIA-Supplement-v021.pdf —(3) 
			 (1) 2007 Impact assessment development led by DH with MoJ support. (2) A joint consultation with Communities and Local Government, but impact assessment developed by MoJ. (3) A supplement to the original regulatory impact assessment accompany the bill was published in June 2007.

Internet: Pornography

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) prosecutions there were and  (b) successful convictions were obtained for the publication or distribution of obscene matter or offensive material on the internet in each of the last three years.

Maria Eagle: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the publication or distribution of obscene or offensive material in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in the table.
	Court proceedings data is unable to separately identify those offences which relate specifically to the internet as the offences used are not internet specific.
	Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.
	
		
			  The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts( 1)  and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the publications or distribution of obscene or offensive material in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006( 1,2,3) 
			   Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			 2004 343 232 
			 2005 512 368 
			 2006 761 516 
			 (1 )These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3 )The offences used are not internet specific, the court proceedings database is unable to separately identify those offences which relate to internet based offences. (4) Includes the following statutes and offence description: Obscene Publications Act 1959 S.2(1)—Publishing obscene material. Having obscene article for publication for gain. Obscene Publications Act 1959 S.2—Having negative for publication of obscene article for gain. Communications Act 2003 S.127(1)(a)—Send by means of electronic communications network a message/matter which was grossly offensive or of an indecent/obscene/menacing character. Communications Act 2003 S.127(l)(b)—Cause to be sent by means of an electronic communications network a message/matter which was grossly offensive or of an indecent/obscene/menacing character.  Malicious Communications Act 1988 S.1(1)(b)—Sending article which is in whole or in part indecent or grossly offensive.  Source:  Court Proceedings Database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Food

David Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average spend by his Department per prisoner per day on food was in each prison in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: The following table shows the average daily cost of food for prisoners whose meals are directly provided by the public Prison Service for the last five years for which data is available. Figures for contracted out prisons were provided by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Justice (David Hanson) on 26 February 2008,  Official Report, column l504W.
	
		
			  £ 
			   2006-07  2005-06  2004-05  2003-04  2002-03 
			 Acklington 1.75 1.80 1.58 1.57 1.40 
			 Ashwell 1.75 1.96 1.85 1.96 2.08 
			 Askham Grange 1.66 1.41 2.02 1.49 1.81 
			 Aylesbury 2.29 1.88 1.76 1.58 1.66 
			 Bedford 2.15 2.10 1.96 1.85 1.82 
			 Belmarsh 2.50 2.21 1.94 2.12 1.62 
			 Birmingham 1.91 1.87 1.88 1.52 1.48 
			 Blantyre House 1.66 1.54 1.46 1.40 1.54 
			 Blundeston 2.16 2.06 2.08 2.06 1.62 
			 Brinsford 2.29 1.89 1.75 1.68 1.80 
			 Bristol 1.89 1.82 1.58 1.58 1.53 
			 Brixton 1.71 1.62 1.63 1.58 1.51 
			 Brockhill 1.48 1.94 2.59 1.84 1.90 
			 Bullwood Hall 1.95 1.98 2.62 2.45 2.34 
			 Canterbury 2.30 2.12 2.12 1.98 1.96 
			 Cardiff 1.76 1.76 1.63 1.67 1.53 
			 Castington 1.98 2.05 2.03 1.85 2.47 
			 Channings Wood 1.66 1.74 1.72 1.58 1.43 
			 Chelmsford 1.69 2.11 2.20 2.08 1.68 
			 Coldingley 2.19 2.08 2.05 1.96 1.76 
			 Dartmoor 1.88 1.88 1.79 1.71 1.63 
			 Deerbolt 2.18 2.00 1.97 1.63 1.77 
			 Dorchester 2.11 1.75 1.80 1.80 1.65 
			 Dover 2.08 2.36 2.47 2.22 1.31 
			 Downview 2.09 1.87 1.88 1.97 1.90 
			 Drake Hall 2.46 2.22 1.73 1.76 1.67 
			 Durham 1.89 1.72 2.09 1.82 2.01 
			 East Sutton Park 1.54 2.30 2.31 2.08 2.02 
			 Eastwood Park 1.80 1.89 1.77 1.85 2.07 
			 Elmley (inc. Standford Hill) 1.93 2.83 1.93 1.86 1.62 
			 Erlestoke 2.25 2.00 1.96 1.80 1.48 
			 Everthorpe 1.88 1.74 1.86 1.84 1.47 
			 Exeter 2.07 1.95 1.89 1.65 1.46 
			 Featherstone 1.86 1.74 1.72 1.58 1.71 
			 Feltham 2.77 2.71 3.41 3.00 2.39 
			 Ford 2.06 1.76 1.94 1.90 1.65 
			 Foston Hall 2.22 1.83 1.91 1.75 1.56 
			 Frankland 2.00 2.21 1.67 1.98 1.98 
			 Full Sutton 2.15 2.01 1.76 1.73 1.87 
			 Garth 2.01 1.74 1.69 1.57 1.69 
			 Gartree 1.89 2.08 2.07 1.72 1.84 
			 Glen Parva 1.91 2.01 1.88 1.94 2.01 
			 Gloucester 2.06 2.06 1.96 1.95 1.97 
			 Grendon/Spring Hill 1.13 1.79 1.86 1.81 1.59 
			 Guys Marsh 2.03 1.97 1.91 1.93 1.82 
			 Haslar 2.33 1.68 1.53 1.62 1.94 
			 Haverigg 1.91 1.74 1.81 1.72 1.59 
			 Hewell Grange 2.45 2.52 1.61 1.51 1.53 
			 High Down 1.94 2.01 2.04 1.89 1.87 
			 Highpoint (inc Edmunds Hill) 2.06 2.53 1.96 1.90 1.28 
			 Hindley 1.95 1.89 2.25 1.99 1.89 
			 Hollesley Bay (inc Warren Hill) 1.09 1.99 1.81 1.55 1.35 
			 Holloway 2.41 2.52 2.42 1.84 1.89 
			 Hull 1.81 2.05 1.83 1.85 1.43 
			 Huntercombe 2.90 3.54 3.33 2.59 2.65 
			 Kingston 2.33 2.10 2.07 2.62 2.49 
			 Kirkham 2.91 2.72 1.98 2.13 1.93 
			 Kirklevington 1.71 1.68 1.66 1.55 1.20 
			 Lancaster Castle 2.40 1.95 1.55 1.65 1.53 
			 Latchmere House 1.11 1.27 1.20 1.46 1.33 
			 Leeds 1.82 1.64; 1.56 1.60 1.41 
			 Leicester 1.90 2.01 1.93 1.86 1.94 
			 Lewes 2.16 2.05 2.15 2.02 1.98 
			 Leyhill 2.04 2.61 1.56 1.30 1.27 
			 Lincoln 1.56 1.70 1.62 1.47 1.77 
			 Lindholme 1.68 1.60 1.82 2.12 2.14 
			 Littlehey 1.67 1.65 1.52 1.43 1.40 
			 Liverpool 1.86 1.83 1.87 1.96 1.77 
			 Long Lartin 2.33 2.01 1.97 1.85 2.51 
			 Low Newton 2.40 2.41 2.28 1.63 1.69 
			 Maidstone 1.84 1.73 1.71 1.74 1.63 
			 Manchester 1.96 1.98 1.73 1.97 1.89 
			 Moorland (closed + open) 2.32 2.31 1.71 2.36 2.33 
			 Morton Hall 1.88 1.81 1.99 1.63 1.28 
			 Mount 2.01 1.92 1.79 1.67 1.61 
			 New Hall 2.00 2.13 2.13 2.10 1.96 
			 North Sea Camp 1.84 2.11 1.69 1.60 1.41 
			 Northallerton 1.83 1.57 2.22 1.71 1.40 
			 Norwich 2.04 1.57 1.49 1.63 1.62 
			 Nottingham 1.98 2.04 1.67 1.76 1.82 
			 Onley 2.10 2.00 2.43 2.78 2.27 
			 Parkhurst (inc. Albany and Camp Hill) 2.00 2.03 1.83 1.68 1.61 
			 Pentonville 1.78 1.84 1.79 1.73 1.62 
			 Portland 2.01 2.00 2.35 1.70 1.86 
			 Preston 2.08 2.22 2.09 2.08 1.66 
			 Ranby 1.89 2.07 1.66 1.86 1.72 
			 Reading 2.12 1.89 1.36 1.36 1.36 
			 Risley 1.97 1.79 1.79 1.84 1.52 
			 Rochester (inc. Cookham Wood) 2.63 2.50 2.46 1.92 1.85 
			 Send 2.45 2.40 2.23 1.97 1.84 
			 Shepton Mallet 1.91 1.91 1.90 1.66 1.72 
			 Shrewsbury 1.95 1.56 1.87 1.65 1.78 
			 Stafford 2.14 1.65 1.53 1.58 1.74 
			 Stocken 1.85 2.04 1.84 1.81 1.75 
			 Stoke Heath 2.17 2.09 2.18 2.02 1.81 
			 Styal 2.17 2.24 2.42 2.09 2.01 
			 Sudbury 1.82 1.53 1.48 1.52 1.53 
			 Swaleside 1.72 1.68 1.61 1.60 1.67 
			 Swansea 1.81 1.75 1.63 1.86 1.89 
			 Swinfen Hall 2.03 2.34 1.77 1.82 2.13 
			 Thorn Cross 2.35 1.97 1.83 1.62 1.84 
			 Usk and Frescoed 1.57 1.66 1.61 1.45 1.21 
			 Verne 1.77 1.69 1.71 1.52 1.58 
			 Wakefield 1.65 1.28 1.49 1.67 1.65 
			 Wandsworth 2.16 1.79 1.64 1.79 1.71 
			 Wayland 2.18 2.04 2.04 1.95 1.72 
			 Wealstun 1.99 2.05 1.81 1.88 1.76 
			 Weare (1)— (1)— 1.87 1.74 1.79 
			 Wellingborough 2.22 2.03 2.09 1.94 2.03 
			 Wellington 2.07 1.96 2.16 1.69 2.26 
			 Wetherby 2.57 2.24 1.94 2.16 2.52 
			 Whatton 1.67 1.32 1.60 1.58 1.19 
			 Whitemoor 1.99 1.80 1.71 1.73 1.73 
			 Winchester 2.52 1.99 2.03 1.99 1.69 
			 Wormwood Scrubs 1.87 2.03 2.03 2.06 1.91 
			 Wymott 1.86 1.77 1.73 1.74 1.63 
			 (1) Closed.

Children in Care: Jersey

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many local authorities in England with responsibility for children's services have placed children in the care of the States of Jersey since 1980; and what steps are being taken to ascertain the whereabouts of those people placed in care.

Kevin Brennan: No provisions exist in law for the responsibility for children in care to be transferred from English local authorities to the States of Jersey.
	Any English local authority proposing to make arrangements for a child in care to be placed outside the jurisdiction of England and Wales (which includes placing a child in Crown Dependencies such as Jersey) requires the permission of a court, the child's consent, and the permission of all those with parental responsibility for the child, before doing so. The placing local authority retains parental responsibility for the child in such cases, which includes the responsibility for safeguarding them and promoting their welfare, as well as (since 2001) keeping in touch with care leavers until at least the age of 21. Data on the numbers of children placed in Jersey by English local authorities is not collected centrally.

Children: Databases

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  when the ContactPoint user acceptance test referred to in the written statement of 21 February 2008,  Official Report, columns 55-8WS, on ContactPoint, will be undertaken; and what use will be made of the results;
	(2)  on what occasions ContactPoint will require  (a) hard and  (b) electronic data;
	(3)  what arrangements he has made for  (a) independent accreditation and  (b) ongoing monitoring of security procedures within organisations which have access to ContactPoint;
	(4)  what procedures will be put in place to ensure that all organisations accessing the ContactPoint database are aware of their responsibilities on security; what auditing will take place to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement;
	(5)  what work has been undertaken to establish the level of risk of security breaches occurring in the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement;
	(6)  what level of security risk his Department has determined as acceptable for ContactPoint;
	(7)  what plans there are to review the role of self-certification as referred to in the written statement of 21 February 2008,  Official Report, columns 55-58WS, on ContactPoint; and if he will make a statement;
	(8)  what plans he has to monitor compliance with self-certification procedures among organisations connecting to ContactPoint; and how this will be funded;
	(9)  what  (a) security,  (b) auditing and  (c) other procedures will be followed when a ContactPoint user wants to gain access to a common assessment framework assessment for a particular child.

Kevin Brennan: In response to question 190741, ContactPoint User Acceptance Testing is scheduled to take place between July and September 2008.
	We plan to engage a representative set of future ContactPoint users to:
	Verify that CP meets the stated business requirements, and its practical readiness,
	Ensure the end to end system and processes meet the defined acceptance criteria.
	User Acceptance Testing will form an important part of assessing ContactPoint is in readiness for deployment.
	In response to question 190742, all data inputs to ContactPoint will be delivered over secure electronic channels. The frequency of updates of this data will vary depending on what is practicable and desirable for each source.
	In response to question 190743,  (a) All partner organisations will be supported through their accreditation process by the local authority acting as an independent sponsor. Those performing the sponsor roles will be trained and appropriately qualified,  (b) Ongoing monitoring will be performed at multiple levels across the ContactPoint delivery structure.
	The following will be in place:
	monitoring of user access by line management;
	compliance checks—that line management is monitoring user access by each organisation's internal audit or compliance team;
	monitoring—that line management are monitoring their users by the local ContactPoint management team;
	compliance checks— that the local authority ContactPoint team is performing its monitoring role by each local authority's internal audit or compliance team;
	monitoring - that line management are monitoring their users by the local ContactPoint management team;
	compliance checks - that the local authority ContactPoint team is performing its monitoring role by each local authority's internal audit or compliance team;
	local authorities will log and monitor complaints and data subject access requests, identifying where follow up checking needs to take place;
	discussions will be held between local authority internal audit and the internal audit of those organisations using ContactPoint to ensure congruence of risk assessments and sharing of lessons learned;
	regular reviews of local authority ContactPoint team activities;
	spot checks by organisation, local authority and nationally;
	national reviews of management information based on a range of security
	parameters;
	Any areas of concern flagged by monitoring will be linked to mandatory follow-up procedures, including internal disciplinary action which could lead to dismissal and/or criminal prosecution.
	All monitoring is linked to a process of continual improvement, with the objective of strengthening the effectiveness of monitoring, detection and follow-up activity.
	In response to question 190745, accreditation will ensure a range of organisational policies and procedures are in place in each accredited organisation. These include a requirement to appoint responsible and accountable officers, to train staff, to set out accountabilities, to plan and implement a programme of inspections and audits, and to report issues to the sponsoring local authority.
	Auditing is a multi-level series of cross checks, executing monitoring activities, and checking that monitoring is taking place.
	Responsibilities will be set out clearly and will be covered in training and supporting materials (such as guidance and user manuals). Regular meetings will be used (between local authorities and partner organisations, and between the national team and local authorities) to ensure messages on responsibilities continue to be understood, to promote best practice, to raise and resolve issues around compliance, and to discuss other operational issues or difficulties.
	In response to questions 190746 and 190747, in determining the security policy for ContactPoint, the Government guidance on risk assessment and security controls set out in the Cabinet Office's Manual of Protective Security was followed. A risk assessment was carried out, in 2005, at the start of the ContactPoint project before any solution design or requirements were specified. It was updated in June 2006. Deloitte concluded that the approach followed was valid.
	ContactPoint has been designed to be highly secure and has controls at different levels to protect against security breaches. This will be kept under continuous review.
	Security is, and always has been, of paramount importance to the ContactPoint project and this was recognised in the Deloitte report.
	ContactPoint will not be deployed until it has been subject to rigorous penetration testing by people who are experts in the IT security field and approved by the Communications and Electronics Security Group.
	The Department's aim is to ensure that any potential risks from ContactPoint will be less than the risks from not having it.
	In response to questions 190748 and 190749, the accreditation plans were under development at time of the Deloitte review and indicated that self-certification would be used where appropriate in order to minimise burdens.
	Self-certification will be reviewed as part of the risk assessment scheduled to be completed by May 2008. Unacceptable risks to security will not be introduced by the use of self-certification.
	Self-certification of local partner organisations will be subject to verification by a local authority sponsor who will assure compliance with procedures. Funds have been allocated to local authorities to support these roles.
	In response to question 190751, there will be no access to the CAP itself, nor any of the details within it, from ContactPoint. If the ContactPoint user believes that they should contribute to, or see, the CAP assessment they would contact the practitioner whose details have been provided to ContactPoint as the person 'holding' the CAF.
	Practitioners will only become involved in CAP assessment with the informed, explicit consent of the child or young person (or their parent/carer where appropriate).

Energy: Complaints

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps he is taking on the effective disclosure by gas and electricity suppliers of complaints handling data to the National Consumer Council; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 confers, on the New National Consumer Council, a power to require the disclosure to it by gas and electricity suppliers of such information as it requires for the purpose of exercising its functions.
	Precise disclosure arrangements are a matter for the new council, in discussion with suppliers.

Overseas Trade: Israel

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when  (a) he,  (b) Ministers in his Department and  (c) his officials last met the Chairman of the Israel Britain Chamber of Commerce to discuss trade between Great Britain and Israel; for what dates the next such meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: I have not yet had the opportunity to meet Len Judes, Chairman of the Israel-British Chamber of Commerce. My right hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield, as Minister for Trade, met Len Judes when he addressed a meeting of the Israel Britain Business Council in London in May 2006.
	Contacts in Tel Aviv are regular and ongoing. UKTI officials based in London who are responsible for business with Israel, meet representatives of the Israel-British Chamber of Commerce when they travel to Israel. The last two such contacts were in June 2007 and February 2008.
	UKTI officials in London will next meet Len Judes, at the time of the Israel-Britain Business Council meeting, in the UK in May 2008.

Association of University Chief Security Officers

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many meetings Ministers from her Department and officials from the Home Office Counter Terrorism Department have had with the Association of University Chief Security Officers; what the purposes were of such meetings; and if she will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: h olding answer 21 February 2008
	The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) falls within the area of responsibility for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Neither my right. hon. Friend the Home Secretary or I or officials at the Home Office have met directly with AUCSO representatives. Government interaction with AUCSO is carried forward by DIUS who engage with them on counter-terrorism issues as well as other matters.

Citizen's Juries

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library copies of each document prepared for each of her Department's citizens' juries.

Tony McNulty: The Home Office held a Citizen's Jury on Crime which took place on 12 September 2007. The Home Office will place a copy of the final report in the Library when it is published.